雀囝膽
Chinese
| sparrow | the gall; the nerve; courage the gall; the nerve; courage; guts; gall bladder | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (雀囝膽) | 雀囝 | 膽 | |
| simp. (雀囝胆) | 雀囝 | 胆 | |
Pronunciation
- Puxian Min (Xianyou, Pouseng Ping'ing): zia6 gyann3 dornn3
Adjective
雀囝膽
Synonyms
- 喪膽 / 丧胆 (sàngdǎn)
- 小膽 / 小胆 (Hokkien)
- 怯懦 (qiènuò)
- 慄膽 / 栗胆 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 懦弱 (nuòruò)
- 懾膽 / 慑胆 (Hokkien)
- 熊 (xióng) (colloquial)
- 破膽 / 破胆 (Hokkien)
- 素母 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 細膽 / 细胆 (sai3 daam2) (Cantonese)
- 羞怯 (xiūqiè)
- 膽小 / 胆小 (dǎnxiǎo)
- 膽怯 / 胆怯 (dǎnqiè)
- 膽細 / 胆细 (Hokkien)
- 荏弱 (rěnruò)
- 軟弱 / 软弱 (ruǎnruò)
- 鳥囝膽 / 鸟囝胆 (Puxian Min)
- 鳥膽 / 鸟胆 (Puxian Min)
References
- 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “雀囝胆”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 580.